5013 Human Behavior and Social Environment I: Dynamics of Individuals and Families
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor or graduate advisor.
Ecological, systems, and developmental frameworks are used to examine the influence that context has in shaping
individual and family dynamics across the life span with an emphasis on diverse populations.
5023 Human Behavior and Social Environment II: Dynamics of Organizations & Communities
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor or graduate advisor. The organizational and community context within which social services are delivered; how funding, mandate, and organizational arrangements influence service delivery; and factors to consider in efforts to modify existing organizational arrangements are examined, with emphasis on serving diverse populations within their respective communities.
5103 Social Problems and Social Welfare Policy Analysis
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor or graduate advisor.
Historical perspective on the development of social problems and the social welfare institutions, policies, and
programs created in response to those programs with emphasis on policy development and analysis.
5203 Social Work Research
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor or graduate advisor.
Introductory course designed to develop the students’ understanding of the process of research and of the use of
scientific method in social work practice.
5213 Advanced Social Work Research: Practice Evaluation
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work, completion of all foundation courses, and concurrent enrollment in SWK 5426 and SWK 5436. This course draws on all previous courses in order to integrate theory, practice and research skills. This capstone course requires students to examine the empirical basis of practice interventions from research studies and from their own individual practice with clients.
5223 Advanced Social Work Research: Program Evaluation
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work, completion of all foundation courses, and concurrent enrollment in SWK 5426 and SWK 5436. This course draws on all previous courses in order to integrate macro theory, practice and research skills. This capstone course examines the functionality of a variety of organizations and explores ways to maximize agency and program effectiveness.
5303 Social Work Methods I
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work and concurrent enrollment in SWK 5403, or consent of instructor or graduate advisor. Introduction to social work methodology in practice and the professional use of self-evaluation in a generalist perspective of social work practice at the micro and mezzo levels with individuals, families, and small groups.
5313 Social Work Methods II
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work, completion of SWK 5303 and SWK 5403, and concurrent enrollment in SWK 5413, or consent of instructor or graduate advisor. Builds on Methods I by deepening student’s knowledge of a generalist practice perspective and introduces macro practice approaches with groups, organizations, and communities.
5323 Advanced Social Work Methods I: Family Interventions
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work, completion of all foundation courses. Covering advanced intervention methods with individuals and families of diverse populations, this course will focus on the differential applications of theories and skills utilized in varying treatment modalities at the micro and mezzo level, including application of several models of family systems intervention.
5333 Advanced Social Work Methods I: Administration and Supervision
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work, completion of all foundation courses.
Critiques major theories of management and emphasizes the knowledge and skills needed for effective practice in
human service management such as management functions, planning and goal setting, decision making, leadership,
personnel management, conflict resolution, budgeting and fiscal management, and the management of a diverse
workforce.
5343 Advanced Social Work Methods II: Group Interventions
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work, completion of all foundation courses. Applies varying theory-based group intervention skills and techniques across the lifespan with an emphasis on diverse populations. Special considerations in working with groups of children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly across varying topic areas of interest are examined.
5353 Advanced Social Work Methods II: Policy Practice
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work and completion of all foundation courses. Focuses on application of policy skills to effect social change through policy development, analysis, advocacy and evaluation. Policy practice as implemented at the agency, local, state, national and international levels are examined.
5363 Advanced Social Work Methods III: Diagnostic Assessment
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work and completion of all foundation courses. A seminar in psychopathology and clinical assessment with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Models of assessment to evaluate human functioning through the life cycle are presented, and major nosological systems such as the DSM-IV and ICD 9 are covered.
5373 Advanced Social Work Methods III: Community Practice
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work and completion of all foundation courses. This course emphasizes skill development in community assessment and intervention to provide leadership in community organizations, community development, social action, social advocacy, and lobbying activities.
5403 Field Practicum I and Integrative Seminar
3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work and concurrent enrollment in SWK 5303, or consent of instructor or graduate advisor. Practice course based on supervised assignments designed to develop a generalist social work perspective and skill in working with individuals, families and small groups. Sixteen hours a week for one semester in a field placement for one semester and an integrative seminar.
5413 Field Practicum II and Integrative Seminar
3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work, completion of SWK 5303 and SWK 5403, and concurrent enrollment in SWK 5313, or consent of instructor or graduate advisor. This course is a continuation of SWK 5403 with focus on generalist social work perspective and skill development at the macro level with groups, organizations, and communities. Sixteen hours a week in field placement and an integrative seminar that emphasizes continued application of theory to practice and consideration of special issues.
5426 Field Practicum III and Integrative Seminar
6 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work, completion of all core coursework with the exception of the Advanced Research course (SWK 5213 or SWK 5223), which is taken concurrently with SWK 5426 and SWK 5436. Building on foundation or BSW field experiences, this course provides a supervised practicum within a human service agency and an integrative seminar. The internship addresses the continued application of theory to practice at an advanced level as related to the student’s area of concentration. The internship can be designed as a block of 600 hours for one semester when taken concurrently with SWK 5436, or with approval, extended to two semesters for 300 hours each semester in the same agency.
5436 Field Practicum IV and Integrative Seminar
6 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work, completion of all core coursework with the exception of the Advanced Research course (SWK 5213 or SWK 5223) that is taken concurrently with SWK 5426 and SWK 5436. Building on foundation or BSW field experiences, this course provides a supervised practicum within a human service agency and an integrative seminar. The internship addresses the continued application of theory to practice at an advanced level as related to the student’s area of concentration. The internship can be designed as a block of 600 hours for one semester when taken concurrently with SWK 5426, or with approval, extended to two semesters for 300 hours each semester in the same agency.
5513 Diversity: Culturally Competent Practice with Historically Underserved Populations
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor or graduate advisor. This course examines the history, demographics, and cultures of various disenfranchised groups served by social workers. The course moves beyond a focus on cultural appreciation and self-awareness to focus on knowledge acquisition and culturally competent skill development at both the direct practice and macro practice levels. NASW Standards for Cultural Competence in Social Work are applied to assessment and intervention skill development with diverse populations.
5603 Interprofessional Colloquium with Emphasis in Family Services
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor or graduate advisor. This interdisciplinary course will be facilitated by social workers with expertise in the respective specialized practice field. Professionals representing other disciplines that also provide family services will participate as guest lecturers, each sharing alternative theoretical knowledge and skills from their respective discipline.
5613 Interprofessional Colloquium with Emphasis in Health Services
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor or graduate advisor. This interdisciplinary course will be facilitated by social workers with expertise in the respective specialized practice field. Professionals representing other disciplines that also provide health services will participate as guest lecturers, each sharing alternative theoretical knowledge and skills from their respective discipline.
5623 Interprofessional Colloquium with Emphasis in Justice Services
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor or graduate advisor. This interdisciplinary course will be facilitated by social workers with expertise in the respective specialized practice field. Professionals representing other disciplines that also provide justice services will participate as guest lecturers, each sharing alternative theoretical knowledge and skills from their respective discipline.
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